Definition of Snood

Definition of Snood

1.n. The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character.

2.v. t. To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood.

Definition of Snood

1. Noun. A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women. ¹

2. Noun. A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place. ¹

3. Noun. The flap of red skin on the beak of a turkey. ¹

4. Noun. A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell. ¹

5. Noun. A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm; neckwarmer. ¹

6. Verb. To keep the hair in place with a snood. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snood

1. to secure with a snood (a net or fabric cap for the hair) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Snood

1.
1. The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character. "And seldom was a snood amid Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid." (Sir W. Scott)
2. A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.
Origin: AS. Snd. Cf. Snare.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Snood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1.Sea Fishing by John Bickerdyke, William Senior, Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe (1895)"The strongest, but not the neatest, is to mnke a loop at the end of the snood or
cast, put it through the loop of the fly, and then the fly through the loop ..."

2.Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)"XT., in the latter of which chapters Christ i» called, in contradistinction to
A., 'the snood num.' and ' the hut A.' I anon aod ..."

3.The Sea-fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in by James C. Wilcocks (1884)"Two- thirds of the snood of fine hemp, the remainder of fine silk line, or of
the yellow silk known as barber's twist, used by shoemakers in sewing upper ..."